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Kindergarten Cop

Movie · 1990 · 107 min

A tough cop fumbles through finger-painting and drug busts, mixing fish-out-of-water laughs with sudden violence and a soft heart.

About
1990 film directed by Ivan Reitman
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Class
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Year
1990
Runtime
107 min
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • crime
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
comedy, action, buddy cop, comedy thriller, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Ivan Reitman
Written by
Timothy Harris
Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Angela Bassett, Carroll Baker, Linda Hunt, Penelope Ann Miller, Jason Reitman, Odette Annable, Stephen Root
Music
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
Michael Chapman
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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